some people take fandom kinda over-the-top seriously. i probably do in some ways.
i don't like the trolling and omg you suck! how dare you think differently to me/ship them?! thing that tends to happen and i'd never do that. i figure if people like that pairing, no matter how much it makes me go ew, good for them. people who do the trolling make me want to go ARGH GROW UP, IT'S FANDOM! IT'S MEANT TO BE FUN!!!!
fandom is escapism for me, pure and simple. that's all it is. life sucks at times so hel-lo fandom! cheer me up with the awesome stories! make me go to my happy place with sweaty hot mansex. make me cry over someone who doesn't exist.
i love the storylines in my fandoms. not all the storylines admittedly, but something about them makes me take notice and want to know more and read more and watch more and that makes me find out about a certain shows fandom and makes me a fan.
i love the characters of the fandoms i fangirl. i would give everything i own to meet jack o'neill and rodney mckay. i really really would. it sounds stupid but i would do that if it meant i got to meet those them. ditto for mal, gibbs, alan shore, han solo, ranger, snape etc etc.
that said, i'm not going to stalk them. [ok. that might possibly be a lie. if rda or hewlett turned up in perth dear GODS would i ever stalk them. uh. but yeah. more in a give-me-your-autograph-while-i-secretly-die-on-the-inside-because-i-want-your-babies sense. not omg freaky-stalker way. uh. that made sense in my head.]
the cracked-freaky fans tend to give everyone else a bad name methinks. =/
the comments on the TMNT fan you linked to were stupid. her money, her choice. if i had money, i'd splurge a large amount on fandom. fuck what everyone else thinks i should spend it on. ::angryface::
i do admit i'm probably kinda snobbish in my head to people who i perceive aren't as fannish as me. [fannish for me, i suppose, means knowing canon and having read fics that are pretty well known in the fandom.] but i don't say that out loud. i just think it and feel vaguely guilty for thinking it. :P
This post (http://hesychasm.livejournal.com/187818.html#cutid1) sums up what I feel about fandom in the best way though. :)
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some people take fandom kinda over-the-top seriously. i probably do in some ways.
i don't like the trolling and omg you suck! how dare you think differently to me/ship them?! thing that tends to happen and i'd never do that. i figure if people like that pairing, no matter how much it makes me go ew, good for them. people who do the trolling make me want to go ARGH GROW UP, IT'S FANDOM! IT'S MEANT TO BE FUN!!!!
fandom is escapism for me, pure and simple. that's all it is. life sucks at times so hel-lo fandom! cheer me up with the awesome stories! make me go to my happy place with sweaty hot mansex. make me cry over someone who doesn't exist.
i love the storylines in my fandoms. not all the storylines admittedly, but something about them makes me take notice and want to know more and read more and watch more and that makes me find out about a certain shows fandom and makes me a fan.
i love the characters of the fandoms i fangirl. i would give everything i own to meet jack o'neill and rodney mckay. i really really would. it sounds stupid but i would do that if it meant i got to meet those them. ditto for mal, gibbs, alan shore, han solo, ranger, snape etc etc.
that said, i'm not going to stalk them. [ok. that might possibly be a lie. if rda or hewlett turned up in perth dear GODS would i ever stalk them. uh. but yeah. more in a give-me-your-autograph-while-i-secretly-die-on-the-inside-because-i-want-your-babies sense. not omg freaky-stalker way. uh. that made sense in my head.]
the cracked-freaky fans tend to give everyone else a bad name methinks. =/
the comments on the TMNT fan you linked to were stupid. her money, her choice. if i had money, i'd splurge a large amount on fandom. fuck what everyone else thinks i should spend it on. ::angryface::
i do admit i'm probably kinda snobbish in my head to people who i perceive aren't as fannish as me. [fannish for me, i suppose, means knowing canon and having read fics that are pretty well known in the fandom.] but i don't say that out loud. i just think it and feel vaguely guilty for thinking it. :P
This post (http://hesychasm.livejournal.com/187818.html#cutid1) sums up what I feel about fandom in the best way though. :)